{"product_id":"making-sense-of-the-future-how-to-thrive-on-the-trends-that-transform-the-world","title":"Making sense of the future: How to thrive on the trends that transform the world","description":"Get ready for the coming decade!\n\n“This book broadened my horizons in so many ways. The future is much more predictable than I first thought, making it possible to prepare for what is coming. Making Sense of the Future is a fantastic book that combines facts with good stories. I was given the best of social science research and marketing for small business. If you love the books of Michael Lewis, Hans Rosling, Steven Pinker, or Yuval Harari, you will love this.” Rhys Jones.\n\nThe rise of China and a changing global balance of power. Rapid technology innovation. Climate crisis. Struggling democracies. In a world where change is fast and old truths are no longer valid, making sense of the future seems impossible. It should not be. Most of the long-lasting shifts that are shaping our future are already known. Learn what thirty-eight global long-term patterns will impact how we live, work, and think over the coming 30 years.\n\nMaking Sense of the Future will prepare you for a coming of age defined by constant change – and massive opportunity. In a world on fire, you can make sense of the inevitable: the world in the future.\n\nMaking Sense of the Future explores such questions: Will the Chinese economy overtake the U.S. and become the world’s largest? Will falling fertility rates lead to the collapse of pension systems? Will robots reduce human employment opportunities? Why is the middle class stagnating in America? How will new technologies affect the social aspects of our lives? And as climate change worsens, how will people cope with rising sea levels and intense drought?\n\nThe book is filled with facts and charts of the significant change that shape the future of society. Using what is called megatrends, futurists predict how technological, social, demographic, and economic shifts can reshape the way we live our lives. Now you too can discover the early signs of change.\n\nWhat appeared to be changes coming from nowhere came as no surprise for those who follow what drives long-term trends. Taking developments in the past and present and prolonging them, you can learn to predict future events.\nMove past the small stuff, and you will discover long-term patterns that shape the world.\n\nSee what trends that will give you a helicopter view and a broader perspective on the changing world. Discover the untold opportunities of the big trends and act on them before everyone else. Find the business opportunities way ahead of everyone else. Understand what drives the future of finance and spot stock trends before everyone else.\n\nGet the personal stories of those who are affected by the change. Learn why Indian IT consultant Tanay is so optimistic about the future, while British John is not. And find out why Korean Ye-jun Kim prefers friends and Call of Duty to marriage and kids.\n\nMaking Sense of the Future is written for anyone who wants to shape their future, reveals how the crises of our time spring from predictable megatrends. Learn amazing facts about demography, the rise of Asia, future technology, sustainable materials – and how to transform the world.\n\nReveals how demographic change, from falling fertility rates to immigration policy, transforms the world population.\nOffers a clear framework to understand complex climate change facts, from unstable energy sources to sustainable materials.\n\nDisplay theories from leading political economy books to explain how globalization, from Asian politics to income inequality and economics, changes international economics.\n\nExplains why technological growth is faster than ever, and why the future of an automation world. Learn what the future technology gadgets will be – and how you can exploit them.\n\nIf you have ever wished you could predict the future, you will need this megatrends book.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B09DFNQT84\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B09DFNQT84.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Solstad, Tom\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . 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